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Giveaway of “Bonnet Strings” at Amish Wisdom
I was invited to write a blog post for Amish Wisdom, which was published today. I hope you click on over to read the post and sign up for a free signed copy of Bonnet Strings: An Amish Woman's Ties to Two Worlds. I will write a regular post next week — I promise! Right…
Read MoreA New Life Venture
Ever since I undertook an exciting new project, starting in January, I've been trying to find a good time to reveal this endeavor to you, my dear readers. On this Sunday evening, as spring is about to burst forth with blooms here in Western Massachusetts, I feel that time has arrived. I am applying for…
Read MoreAt the Intersection of Two Cultures
I became familiar with the ways of the Amish in Huevelton, New York, when Anna lived with us. So when I read the report about legislators attempting to force the Amish to display the orange triangle on their buggies. I groaned inwardly becasue I knew that this strategy will not work. So I wrote up…
Read MoreHappy Spring!
Spring has finally arrived here in the Pioneer Valley. Hooray! I"ve begun my spring yard work — trimming bushes and picking up branches that came off our birch tree during the windy winter. The next step is raking, but it's far too windy for that today. So, I sit here with my window open, breathing…
Read MoreThis and That on Tuesday
I'd like to open this post with gratitude to all of you for visiting my blog and website so loyally. At the end of March, the count on my blog and website turned over to 1,000,000 visits. Last year in early February, just before the PBS film, "The Amish: Shunned" aired on American Experience, that…
Read MorePrayers for Jolina Petersheim and Family
I have a fellow writer friend, named Jolina Petersheim, who has written two books, The Outcast and The Midwife. She writes beautifully, she is young and attractive, she has a loving husband and two little girls — a toddler and a baby. Her faith is evident in everything she writes. Jolina's life was the kind…
Read MoreHealing Thoughts
Our older son, Paul's best friend is named Ben. They have known one another since they were in Kindergarten. Ben became like a third son to David and me, and Paul became a second son to Ben's parents. Growing up, Paul and Ben were inseparable. Ben and Paul were names that just slid off our…
Read MoreSeparate from the World but not the Law
I wrote a piece about the Sam Mullet case that was printed in the Cleveland Plain Dealer today. I hope you'll click over there to read it and leave a comment. I will respond to the comments there as well as here. Here is an excerpt: It comes as no surprise that Sam Mullet has…
Read MoreSwinging into Spring
With weather predictions of temperatures in the 40s (at least while the sun shines) this week, it looks like we will finally get a break from the winter weather. And today is the beginning of an extra hour of light at the end of the day, so that will help with lengthening the daytime hours.…
Read MoreIs Sam Mullet Outside both the Law and Age-Old Amish Traditions?
Sam Mullet, leader of the Amish in Bergholz, Ohio, is hoping to gain his freedom tomorrow, Monday, March 2, when a federal judge will re-sentence 16 defendants following an appeals court's decision to overturn their hate-crime convictions last August in the case that involved attacks on other Amish. The victims asked for help because their…
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